David Juritz, leader of the London Mozart Players,  is a man with a mission.

David Juritz busking in his native South Africa

He has seen the power of music to shape young lives and is doing his best to enlist the people of our  planet to help disadvantaged youth throughout the third world. To that aim, his group, Musequality has set aside the week of June 8th to the 14th as the first ever Muesquality World Busk . David has visited the Bay Area a few times in the past performing at various public venues (he was kicked off Union Square, as I watched, by a security guard for performing without a license!). Now he is enlisting musicians across the globe including The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (Sunday 6/14 from 11:30 to 12:30 on Emerson in downtown P.A.) and violinist David McCarroll (Sunday 6/14 from 11:45 to 1pm outside Copperfield’s Books  in Sebastopol). As the World Busk site says, “If you play an instrument or sing we’d like you to join in.” Follow the links above to find out more and do spend some time and read the heartwarming stories about the power of music to change lives.

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